25 Bible Verses about Christian Baptism

After these [things] Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified--look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!"

Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples),

Therefore, go [and] make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

And [when they] heard [this], they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.

And Peter [said] to them, "Repent and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

So those who accepted his message were baptized, and on that day about three thousand souls were added.

But when they believed Philip [as he] was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were being baptized.

And as they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?"

And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water--Philip and the eunuch--and he baptized him.

And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'

And immediately [something] like scales fell from his eyes and he regained [his] sight and got up [and] was baptized,

"Surely no one can withhold the water for these [people] to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also did!"

So he ordered [that] they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days.

And he took them at that [very] hour of the night [and] washed [their] wounds, and he himself was baptized at once, and all those of his [household].

And after she was baptized, and her household, she urged [us], saying, "If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come to my house [and] stay." And she prevailed upon us.

And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his whole household. And many of the Corinthians, [when they] heard about [it], believed and were baptized.

And Simon himself also believed, and [after he] was baptized he was {keeping close company with} Philip. And [when he] saw the signs and great miracles that were taking place, he was astonished.

(For he had not yet fallen on any of them, {but they had only been baptized} in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

I give thanks that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius,

lest anyone should say that you were baptized in my name.

(Now I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Beyond that I do not know if I baptized anyone else.)

For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to proclaim the gospel, not with {clever speech}, lest the cross of Christ be emptied.

Otherwise, why do they do [it], those who are being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why indeed are they being baptized on behalf of them?